JSA 81

Publisher: DC
Price: $2.50
Cover date: March 2006
W: Geoff Johns
A: Dale Eaglesham

Synopsis: Stargirl and S.T.R.I.P.E. aide the rest of the JSA as they attempt to get Liberty Belle's powers under control. And Stargirl broods about her deadbeat daddy.

Thoughts: Yeah. This issue really didn't entice me one bit. Lots of comic book readers hail this title as one of the greatest reads out there, but, until now, I've never given it a chance. (Superheroes who were fighting crime during World War II, sans Captain America, really don't interest me. Especially when they look older than my grandmother. The dead one.) Now that I have, I can't say I'll be giving it another. Stargirl's fatherless childhood was neither sad nor interesting. It's commonplace. And her inability to accept her loving stepfather, until the end of course, is all too clichéd.